TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1959
As a
MATT-erna-FACT
EVER SEE THE "GASHOUSE GANG" PLAY BALL?---
Have you seen Fenn State's baseball team play? Yes,
well, then don't bother reading this. But if your answer is
"no", then let me tell you what you're missing.
In the first place, you probably know that this team has a
7-1 record. (They lost two Fridays ago to a powerful Ohio
State squad which had an 11-2 record. But they came back
to win a doubleheader from the Buckeyes that Saturday
The record is only the black• ' -
and-white of it. This is not a
black and white team by any
stretch of the imagination. This
is one of the most colorful
teams that has represented
Penn State in any sport since
I've been here.
The difference from last year's
solid, but dull, squad is the rook
ies. And fr om
this angle the
most outstanding
has been D 1 c k
"Pepper" Landis.
The little left
fielder has speed
to burn. On de
fense he already
ha s two "spec
taculars" to his
credit both
against Ohio
State's c a t cher,
Walt Peters. In Durbin
the first game he made a shoe
string catch of a dropping line
drive and in the second he also
speared an apparent triple in
deep left-center.
"Both would have been triples
and possibly homers had he not,
caught either ball," analyzed,
Charlie Swift, WDFM's sports di-'
rector. "But that's the kind of ball
Landis plays; he's a gambler all
the way—and he's got the speed
to gamble with."
According to the statistics,
Landis is a poor leadoff hitter.
He's hitting .083. But he gets on
base two or three times a game.
And when he's on base, he's
the most dangerous runner these
eyes have ever seen. Against
Bucknell last Wenesday, he stole
home for the winning run in a
2-1 game.
But an even more outstanding
example of his value as a leaddff
batter _ was exhibited against
Georgetown S a t u r day. Statisti
cally, he was 0-for-5. But he re
ceived four walks and scored four
runs.
On a passed ball, he invar
iably takes two bases and cli
maxes each steal with a long
head-first slide into the bag—
ale "Pepper" Martin of the old
Gashouse Gang.
In fact, he took eight bases
Saturday (steal or passed ball)'
and was only close to being out
once On that occasion the ball
was there, the second baseman's
glove was down right in front of,
the bag waiting for Landis. But
when the dust cleared after Pep
per's apparent swan-song, the
umu signaled safe. How he made
it, this writer cannot determine.
Maybe his arms reached around
the bag before the ball touched
his head. Only Pepper and the
umnire really know.
Pepper isn't the only out
standing rookie. T lere's sopho
more southpaw . m Durbin
who has two wins 1.
his credit.
Durbin also boasts a S-for-S
record at bat and looks almost
as fast as Landis. But then,
Durbin's only been at bat in 10
innings and hasn't had the op
portunities to steal that Landis
has had. Oh yes, Durbin's pitch
ing record is also spotless, 2-0.
Then there's the other wing to;'
the outfield trio, sophomore Zeke'
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4ssociate Sports Editor
DeLong. Against Ohio State, ,
De-
Long saved Durbin by catching'
a potential line-drive triple just'
inside the right field line near
the flag. What made Zeke's dead
run catch all the more important
was the fact that the bases were
loaded and, with two outs, all
three Buckeyes were moving and
would have easily scored. But
the right field speedster caught
it and ended all possible "buts."
At the plate, DeLong is recog
nized as the fifth hitter. He's had
11 hits in 30 official times at the
plate for .367. But he's not just a
swinger. He was on base all four
times in his last game—twice via
base-on-balls.
Although not as dangerous a
base runner as Durbin or Lan
dis (Zeke probably only has
five or six stolen bases), De-
Long is dependable in- the
clutch.
The only "monotonous" rookie
is southpaw Ed Kikla. The Mon
ongahela ace won't let enough
r unners on base to make the
games exciting. He's only given
up seven hits in 22 innings. His
earned run average is a measly
0.45. And his won-lost record is
3-0. What a boring pitcher!
Even sophomore third baseman
Mike Hader ha 3 contributed his
share (or maybe more) of "ex
citing moments," Against Ohio
State he struck out a couple times
with the bases loaded before hit
ting a single to drive in two runs.
And although he made seven er
rors in the Ohio State double
header, he has improved at the
"hot corner."
Why he only had two errors
fo liven the Georgetown twin
bill--along with misplaying a
couple of high-hop ing ground
ers. But he fries.
To this group of ookies you
add solid (but dull) performers
like Captain Bob Hoover (.448)
and Larry Fegley (.420) and Joe
Bedenk has another winning com
bination. Come to think of it
though, maybe we better keep
those dull guys with the .400
batting averages.
' Bring on Villanova and Penn
and whatta weekend!
OTHER MATTERS—Besides
the baseball team. two other
highly successful Lion squads
will have home meets Saturday
—which should really make this
a great Senior Week . . . Chick
Werner's crack crew of track
men will host Ohio State at 1 p.m.
to open the Lion's home season
. . . Then there's "my" lacrosse
team (Remember Navy) . . . oh
viously they for got Navy and
now own a 4-1 record as they
host Syracuse at 4 p.m. . . . All
on Beaver Field!
, "Now reah-ly
• . Vl/4? dah-ling, don't fret
Your Afghan will
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'Orangemen Defeat
;Lion Linksmen, 4-3
Even though Bill Davidson, EIGA champ and Lion cap
tain, broke the mastery that Warren Simmons had over the
Lions in the last two years, the Penn State linksmen dropped
a 4-3 decision to the Orangemen of Syracuse.
Davidson, playing first position, beat Simmons, one-time
Eastern and National champ, by
a 1-up score. Davidson shot a par
for the Tecumseh course on which
the match was played. Golf coach
Joe Boyle said this was quite a
feat. "The greens on the course
were not fit for playing," he said.
The turning point in the
match, according to the Lion
mentor, was the tilt Dick Bur
goon lost to Syracuse's second
man, Mike Dritz. This match
lasted 22 holes before Dritz beat
Burgoon.
After, the first five holes, Bur
goon was down three holes.
However, he made a good come
back and was 3-up after the 13th.
From that time on, Burgoon
could not find the hole once he
was on the green. Boyle added.
Dritz, meanwhile, tied the match
on the 17th hole. Both men halved
the 18th to send the match into
a playoff.
On the first playoff hole, Bur
goon needed to sink a 1 1 / 2 -foot
putt to take the victory. He
missed and set up Dritz for the
win.
All wasn't bad for the Lions,
however, as their two young
stars, Haydn Thomas and John
Morton, came through with de
cisive wins. Thomas defeated
Jack Kress of Syracuse, 6-and
5. Morton took Dick Spear by a
6-and-4 score.
"Both of these men played
sharp games and looked good out
there for us," Boyle said.
Another decisive factor in the
link loss was that Roy Altman
and Scott Stultz, playing number
three and four respectively, lost
their matches by close scores.
Altman lost to the Orange's
Bob Armstrong. 2-and-I. Stultz
dropped a decision to Stan Ban-
Patterson, London
Train for Fight
INDIANAPOLIS (IP) —Th e i r
heavyweight title fight only four
days off, Champion Floyd Patter
son and challenger Brian London
honed themselves to a fine train
ing edge in drills yesterday.
The lithe Patterson sparred
three rounds, two against Ike
Thomas and one against Cuban
Julio Menderos. He dropped
Thomas once with two stabbing
lefts and a crushing right that
lifted his sparring mate off his
feet.
Patterson said he fell sharper
than he has for any of his three
previous title defenses, and ob-;
servers said the champ's combi-I
nations were working well.
London, working out in Muni
cipal Gardens while Patterson,
drilled in the Fairgrounds Coli-1
scum where the fight will be held'
Friday night, sparred three rounds;
with Dusty Rhodes.
By DICK GOLDBERG
Haydn Thomas
. .. winner for Lions
asek, 1-up. Boyle attributed
both these losses - Again to the
sloppy condition of the Tecum
seh greens.
Bob Rutherford, playing sev
enth position, dropped his match
to Syracuse's Bill Conway by a
6-and-5 score.
AF to Get New Stadium
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
(JP)—Plans of the Air Force Acad.:
emy Foundation, Inc., to build a
40,000-seat football stadium at
the academy have been approved
by the Air Force.
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